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 # Business Plan
 
-[[business_plan/discussion]]
+* [[business_plan/discussion]]
+* [[business_plan/3_slides]]
 
 # An overview of the business
 
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ The Quad Core intermediate product is intended for targetted supply to
 select customers (unique branded), and a generic branded variant to SBC
 community-focussed ODMs such as Pine64, Purism, Orange Pi etc. These
 typically have sales volumes (each) of 20 to 100k units per year.
-The worldwide "Commumity" SBC market, which overlaps with Industrial
+The worldwide "Community" SBC market, which overlaps with Industrial
 IoT and Education, is in the 400k and above range.
 
 The overall SoC market is massive (hundreds of millions per year when
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ Gigabit Ethernet Libre/Open router product using our SoC that is similar
 to Linksys products.  Full source code and CAD designs will be provided,
 immediately.  Retail pricing for a 2xUSB2 5xGbeE router product is around
 the USD $45 mark, with the SoC alone in 180nm QFP retailing around the
-$4 mark ($2.50 in high volume)
+$9 mark ($5 in high volume)
 
 For the second phase we will provide the BMC and SBC style Quad Core
 SoC to select customers, with the target price in volumes of 50k units
@@ -122,6 +123,17 @@ Cole: TODO.
 
 Lauri: TODO.
 
+Cesar: TODO
+
+Tobias: I'm a full stack software engineer with a passion for FPGAs,
+linux kernel development, virtual machines and compilers.  
+
 # Financials.
 
 ```Provide details about sales, costs, break-even points and where investment will come from. If you’re looking for people to invest, you should include information about likely returns. If you’re looking for ways to finance your business, crowdfunding, alternative finance and government funding are a good place to start.```
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+We have EUR 350,000 in grants from NLnet and are eligible for access to the Google Skywater 130nm Libre MPW Programme.  We have a good relationship with Crowdsupply and the project has been in pre-launch mode for a year, in preparation.
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+The Router ASIC's development and MPW may be entirely paid-for with NLnet Grants (TBD) as long as they have a focus on crypto-primitives.  Its real purpose serves as a training ground for the team and a proving ground for the core concept, with no financial risk.
+
+TBD